Blitz

Scan Description

“Becomes electrified when attacked with Thunder. Attacking it while electrified causes thunder damage.”

Where to Find It

Centra: the Lenown Plains forests, Serengetti Plains, Nectar Peninsula, and Centra Ruins
Esthar: Grandidi Forest, Kashkabald Desert, and the Shalmal Peninsula

Vital Statistics

Like nearly every enemy in Final Fantasy VIII, this enemy’s level rises with your party’s average level, and its rewards change across three level brackets. Check out the Character and Enemy Leveling page for the full explanation of how enemy levels work.

Level brackets	Low 1–19 Mid 20–29 High 30–100
HP by level	Lv 1: 611	Lv 10: 765	Lv 20: 1,040	Lv 30: 1,425	Lv 100: 7,200
HP formula	0.55x² + 11x + 600 (x = enemy level)
AP	2
Triple Triad Card
Card	Rarely turns into Propagator

Elemental Affinities

Element	Effect
Fire	Normal
Ice	Normal
Thunder	Absorbs (heals the enemy)
Earth	Normal
Poison	Normal
Wind	Normal
Water	Normal
Holy	Normal

Status Vulnerabilities

Percentages are the base chance for the status to land before level and junction modifiers; the higher the number, the easier it is to inflict.

Status	Works?
Death	70%
Poison	80%
Petrify	70%
Darkness	80%
Silence	Immune
Berserk	60%
Zombie	70%
Sleep	80%
Slow	90%
Stop	50%
Doom	80%
Gradual Petrify	70%
Confuse	Immune
Drain	100%
Degenerator	80%
Vit 0 (Meltdown)	100%
The End	Works

Draws, Steals, and Drops by Level

	Low (1–19)	Mid (20–29)	High (30–100)
Draw	Thunder	Thunder Thundara	Thunder Thundara Thundaga
Mug	Betrayal Sword x2	Betrayal Sword x4	Betrayal Sword x8
Drop	M-Stone Piece x1 or Betrayal Sword x1	Magic Stone x2–3	Dynamo Stone x1–2
Drop (with Rare Item)	Coral Fragment x1	Betrayal Sword x1–2	Dynamo Stone x3–4
Devour	No effect	No effect	No effect

Attacks

“Blitz charged itself up!”: It can also cast its Thunder spells on itself, healing and electrifying itself. Attacking an electrified Blitz feeds thunder damage back at the attacker.

Strategy

Never use Thunder, which heals and charges it. Anything else works.